March 14, 2009

Spring break sports roundup

Students may be leaving Amherst on spring break this weekend, but many winter sports teams are still in action.

The track team wrapped up the indoor season Friday and Saturday in Terre Haute, Indiana, at the NCAA Division III Nationals, hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The highlight came on the second day, when Elise Tropiano ‘09 won the women’s 5,000m in 16:58.84. Tropiano placed second at the Cross Country nationals back in November; in this race, she broke free of the pack with four laps (800m) remaining and extended her lead through the finish. On Friday, the Jeffs’ men placed seventh in the Distance Medley Relay. Full story

Both men’s and women’s hockey are in action this weekend. The women’s team pulled off a huge win over defending national champions Plattsburgh and will now face NESCAC champions Middlebury in the Frozen Four next weekend. The men lost 2-1 to Hobart, in overtime but ended the season with the best record in program history.

And already over tonight is the women’s basketball game which will take Amherst to the first Final Four in their program history. The Jeffs upended NYU on Friday night, 74-51, setting a new program record for wins in a single season in the process, and knocked off Brandeis tonight, 68-54.

More details, as always, can be found at the athletics page.

Update, 3/16: We’ve added links to the athletic department releases above. Women’s basketball will play Washington-St. Louis in the national semi-final game on Friday at Hope College, in Michigan. Women’s hockey will play tournament hosts Middlebury on Friday in their national semi-final.

Parker Morse '96 | March 14, 2009 07:11 PM | Athletics

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